Town Hall Seattle: Civics Series

Town Hall’s Civics series highlights everything from local policies to world politics. These events offer perspectives on a range of topics as diverse as Seattle itself—a bustling forum for activism, discovery, and thought-provoking discussion.

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Will advances in artificial intelligence, geoengineering, and
bioengineering save or destroy the human race? That’s
debatable. KUOW
and Town Hall invited you to join us at the Langston Hughes
Performing Arts Institute on Sunday, March 24 for the latest event
in KUOW’s That’s Debatable series. At this
Oxford-style debate, a panel of smart Seattlites squared off on the
proposition, “Technology will save us.” The conversation kicked off
with an audience vote. Then both sides gave their arguments and
then you, the audience, vote again. The team that convinces more
people to join their side wins. Will you change your mind?

ARGUING YES

Elizabeth Scallon is the head of WeWork
Labs, Northwest, a global entrepreneurship program which enables
Startups in Seattle to leverage the WeWork global platform to
accelerate their Growth.

Vinay Narayan is the Vice President of
Product Management and Operations for HTC VIVE as well as a Board
Member and Adviser for numerous VR and AR companies.

ARGUING NO

Hanson Hosein is the Director University
of Washington Communication Leadership Program and the President of
HRH Media Group LLC, a media production and communications strategy
firm that has worked with organizations such as Microsoft, Intel,
and Facebook.

Amy Webb is a quantitative futurist,
author, and Founder of the Future Today Institute, a leading
foresight and strategy firm that helps leaders and their
organizations prepare for complex futures.

Presented by Town Hall
Seattle and KUOW. Recorded live at Langston Hughes Performing
Arts Institute on March 24, 2019.

About the Podcast

The Civics series at Town Hall shines a light on the shifting issues, movements, and policies, that affect our world. These events pose questions and ideas, big and small, that have the power to inform and impact our lives. Whether it be constitutional research from a scholar, a new take on history, or the birth of a movement, it’s all about educating and empowering.